2026 PictureNL • Stowe Story Labs Producer Accelerator Program
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Background
PictureNL, formally known as the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation, is the lead agency for the province for investments in film and television productions through its equity, tax credit and development programs. Through its five programs, the NLFDC offers local producers and outside producers/productions the support needed to help the province’s production sector to flourish.
Stowe Story Labs is a nonprofit dedicated to helping top emerging screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers develop skills and projects. We do this through labs, retreats, long-form writing programs, and integrated long-form talent development programs.
Stowe Story Labs is pleased to run the annual Producer Accelerator Program for PictureNL. The Program is a three part, multi-month training program designed to help emerging production companies in Newfoundland and Labrador achieve strategic and predictable business growth, especially in the international marketplace, through skill-development, practical hands-on training, exposure to industry intelligence, networking, and mentorship.
The program will take the selected production company teams through workshops and customized mentoring with top practitioners in production, sales, finance, development, and coproduction, among other skill sets, over five months of work together.
The program will run from late-Spring through August 2026. Most elements of the program will run online. There will be a two-day in-person program run in St. John's in July, to be scheduled upon enrollment of the program.
Participants will leave the program with elevated skills and tools to participate as creative producers in the international film and television industry and be export-market ready to be competitive in the most important markets, promote themselves to the industry, and work to secure partnerships that advance projects.
Participants will be selected through a competitive application process.
Application Process
The questions on the application ask about the company applying, the individual company member(s) (no more than two per company) who will participate in the program, the current slate of projects being developed, and the company's five year vision.
Costs
There are no fees to participate in this program.
Changes
We will notify all applicants of fee or schedule changes if/when they occur.
Misc.
Stowe Story Labs and PictureNL will not provide feedback on projects and/or applications through this submission process.
Interested companies may reach out to Stowe at info@stowestorylabs.org and/or PictureNL at cyril@picturenl.ca with questions about the application or the program.
Dates and Deadlines
Application deadline is April 6, 2026 by 11:59 pm US Eastern Time.
Thank you for your interest in the 2026 edition of the PictureNL • Stowe Story Labs Producer Accelerator Program. Best of luck if you choose to apply. Please be assured we take the same care in the review process as you have put into developing the work and making your application.
Team Stowe Story Labs
